{"id":168222,"date":"2025-12-15T14:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168222\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kyiv-lukasenka-to-face-justice-for-crimes-against-belarusians-and-ukrainians","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168222\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv: \u0141uka\u0161enka to face justice for crimes against Belarusians and Ukrainians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mid_ukrainy_zn_ua.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mid_ukrainy_zn_ua.jpg 630w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mid_ukrainy_zn_ua-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mid_ukrainy_zn_ua-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(zn.ua)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 15, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials involved in human rights abuses will not escape responsibility for all crimes committed against Belarus and its people, as well as against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian foreign ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/mfa.gov.ua\/en\/news\/komentar-mzs-shchodo-zvilnennya-politvyazniv-biloruskogo-rezhimu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyiv welcomed the release of 123 designated political prisoners on December 13, including five Ukrainians, acknowledging the joint effort by the United States and President Donald Trump personally in helping people imprisoned for their desire to be free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We believe that the release of political prisoners will bring closer the liberation of Belarus as a country that has been under Moscow&#8217;s vassal rule for many years and in the captivity of \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s regime, which, in particular, uses people as livestock to be exchanged for political indulgences,&#8221; the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyiv expressed confidence that Belarus will one day become a free and democratic European country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213-315x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213-315x236.jpg 315w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213-653x490.jpg 653w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka frees 123 political prisoners, including prominent activists and politicians<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 13,&nbsp;Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has pardoned 123 political prisoners in a deal negotiated earlier in the day with US special envoy John Coale in Minsk. The group has been confirmed to include Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, a campaign manager for former presidential &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/168013\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 15, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and his officials involved in human rights abuses will not escape responsibility for all crimes committed against Belarus and its people, as well as against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said in a statement. Kyiv welcomed the release of 123 designated political prisoners on December 13, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102015,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-168222","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kyiv: \u0141uka\u0161enka to face justice for crimes against Belarusians and Ukrainians | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 15, Pozirk. 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